As Australia leaves the old economy behind, the word we must embrace for the new is "nimble".

Today’s state and territory leaders have an opportunity to emulate the founders of the federation and make history by breathing new life into Australia’s system of government.
AAP/Lukas CochOctober 26, 2014

Federation in 1901 is now the middle point between 2014 and the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. Despite this, most views of federation, if Australians have one at all, are probably shaped by its 19th-century…